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| Beauty Super II, f1.9 Canter-S |
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| Beauty Super II, f2.0 Canter-S |
The Beauty Super II 35mm fixed lens rangefinder camera was made in 1958 by the Beauty Camera Company. There were three versions, featuring:
- Either a Canter-S 45mm / f1.9 with 10-bladed aperture, or Canter-S 45mm / f2.0 or Canter 45mm / f2.8 lens with 5-bladed aperture. All were coupled to rangefinder.
- Either a Copal MXV shutter in the f1.9 version, or a Copal SV shutter in f2.0 and f2.8 versions, both with M and X flash sync.
Either with shutter speeds B, 1sec to 1/500s.
The Super II was developed from the 1957 Beauty Canter.
A small point of interest is that for this camera a date is stamped in ink inside the bottom cover. For instance the date '33 8 15' would be the year Showa 33 (1958), August 15. Whether this date is the date of assembly, or just the date the bottom plate was made, is unknown.
Variations[]
The Super II was rebadged as the Varicon S II, with a Canter 45mm / f2.8 lens. The logo was changed to "Varicon B.C.C." (Beauty Camera Company)